Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] i [verb] n't " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Well I 'll have to accept that I do n't know where that came from but I 've got down here state 's interest |
| 2 | Both Poutsma ( 1923 : 42 ) and Jesperson ( 1940 : 287 ) point out that have is often used with the to infinitive in conditional contexts with would : ( 178 ) I 'd have you to know that I do n't care a penny , madam , for your paltry money . |
| 3 | Would be a , be quite a few calls , but we 'll just maybe have to try and I do n't know what we 'll do . |
| 4 | They would n't have got me to come if I had n't had , if I . |
| 5 | I was the first of my family and of our group of friends to split and I did n't get a whole lot of sympathy . |
| 6 | 'I 'd tell you the whole bitter story , but you do n't have the time to listen and I do n't have the patience to explain . |
| 7 | ‘ But I am under no pressure to sell and I have n't had a phone call for any player — Mick Quinn included . ’ |
| 8 | Maybe I 'm a bit young to remember but I do n't recall those two playing for Leeds at any time ! |
| 9 | But that 's peanuts compared with what I stand to lose if I do n't get Seawitch to Athens by the fourth . ’ |
| 10 | One family gave me a day off every month , told me I had to be back before nine in the evening and checked my bag when I left to see if I had n't robbed anything . |
| 11 | get myself something to wear if I do n't hurry up and if I do n't hurry up and get something . |
| 12 | ‘ I would n't have offered to help if I had n't had the experience necessary . |
| 13 | He come in , he 's fucking right as rain me come in oh I 'm feeling right got in , sat here for about half an hour quick mad dash , chucked at the fucking shit house murghhh ! the fucking well I wo n't be able to play cos I do n't |
| 14 | Yes , this is what I 've been trying to avoid because I do n't want the bother of advertising and interviewing somebody else . |
| 15 | I 'm tempted to go but I do n't want to for the fool I 'll make out of myself . |
| 16 | Marie yelled after me to wait but I did n't want to talk to her about it so I chucked my sandwich-box over to her and told her she could eat them for me . |
| 17 | War 's been declared and all you can think about , all you can talk about is what you 're going to do if I do n't stop seeing Carrie . ’ |
| 18 | They first of all say they want local government to be more responsible , to be more trusted , to have more freedom , I then give them that freedom and then they complain that I 'm not telling local government what to do and I do n't intend to lay down every detail of what they should do . |
| 19 | I 've been offered the opportunity by er Bob in training er in force have taken this on er the tactical unit have taken it on , the chance of er one day erm assessment or appraisal training , at erm probably at Exeter for those of us that do it and erm I think that perhaps with the the way that the diverse way that our staff 's spread out the proper ways of assessing people which I 've I 've never been shown how to do and I do n't think many of us have . |
| 20 | Looking back I find it hard to believe that I did n't keep abreast of all the war news ; but the war had been going on for so long that I , like almost every girl of my generation , had lost interest in it . |
| 21 | It 's no good , she thought , I 'm going to burst if I do n't empty myself soon . |
| 22 | Well Mr er Deputy Speaker I er do n't wish to er follow the honourable member of one of my er neighbours but I actually think it 's really part of grown up politics to ensure that the political opinion of a nation is adequately represented in the forums of that nation whether it be in this place or in the European er parliament and to that extent I make no bones about it that erm I wish that we were debating a different electoral system and Mr Deputy Speaker going back to the minister 's introduction erm it is a fact , I did n't wish to intervene because I did n't , it 's a short debate and I did n't want to take up er extra time , but it is a fact is it not that our electoral system unique across Europe means that our deadline as opposed to what the French are going to do is different to all the other member states . |
| 23 | We stood together in the entrance hall of the theatre where the show is produced , but I have to confess that I did n't recognize him . |
| 24 | It is not a sign of high status in a man 's world to be in charge of women only , but I have to confess that I did n't find it unpleasant . |
| 25 | So did the Southernwood which was a feathery blue-green plant — that 's another plant I 've never come across since , although I have to confess that I have n't seen many gardens . |
| 26 | One day I happened to mention that I did n't know one end of a bomb from the other , and wondered out loud what the bomb dump looked like . |
| 27 | I happened to mention that I did n't much like my sister 's husband . |
| 28 | You can imagine my reluctance to call as I did n't think that they would be too pleased to say the least . |
| 29 | ‘ Then you 'll doubtless be delighted to learn that I have n't cried since the day I decided to go boating on the duck pond at home , only to find when I was halfway across that my rowing-boat was holed . |
| 30 | What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid . |